Window



.5. WHIBLEY.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED '1uNE16, 1919. RENEWED DEC. 12,1921.

1,423,057, Patented July 18, 1922.

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BENJAMIN WHIBLEY, OF WINNIEPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18,

Application filed June 16, 1919, Serial No. 30%,733. Renewed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,926.

To allwimmit may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMTN VVrrinLnr, a subject of the King of Great Britain. residing at the city of \Vinuipcg. in the Prov ince of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and use. ful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in windows of a general character, but it is more particularly applicable to street car windows, the main OlQJQCt of the invention being to provide for a storm sash when climatic conditions render the use of such a 1 device necessary, the features of the structure bemg so designed as to permit of this addition without change, and the operation of the storm and ordinary sashes as a unit and precisely as though the addition of the storm sash had not been made. a

With this and certain other objects in view, wh ch will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionconsists in the features of novelty hereinafter first fully described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference also being bad to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the different views, and in which 1 is an inside elevation of a street- I I a maybe lncreased or diminished to provide a proper counterpoise for the sash or sashes car window embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken substan-;

V upon the plane of theline 3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. t'is an elevation of the ordinary sash.

Fig. 5 is an edge view showingthe connection of the storm with the. ordinary sash, and by dotted lines, the relative movement of the former to the latter; i

Fig. 6is an elevation of the storm sash.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section taken. substantially upon theline 7 in Fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the sash receiving pocket door.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the sash receiving pocket door.

Fig. 10 is an end view of the sash counterbalancing weight mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a side view of the counterbalancing mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a side view of the washer used to prevent rattling of the sashes.

formed from vertical side members 22 extending up from the floor or sill of the car, and the cross piece 3 connectingthe side members at the top. The frame is provided with the usual cross and vertical facing strips and 5 on the outside, and the similar strips 6 and 7 on the inside.

8 and 9 are the outer and inner window sills, and 10-10. the sash stops.

11 indicates aboard cut to fit the space between the frame members 22 and the inner and outer facing strips 6 and ,4, and to rest upon the tops of the stops 10. the member 11 being spacedfrom the top member 3 to form a box 12 normally closed by a door13 hinged to the member 3 as at 14:.

15 indicates the ordinary or permanent window sash, normallyresting uponfthe outer sill 8 and bearing against the outer facingstrips 4; and 5, the sash being counterbalanced by the member 16 havinga wheel i 17 at each end to engage either of the strips 18 or 19 between which it travels asin a groove, themember 16 being semi-circular] y grooved on top to removablyreceive aplurality of weights 20, the number of which as hereinafter explained. I

The ends of the member 16 are connected with the sash 15 by cords 21. which pass up through groove's22 formed in the stopslO,

thence over sheaves23 secured to the frame members 2 in the box 12, and down to connectwith the sash :15.

The sash 15 is shorter than the distance between the sill 8 andthe board 11 sothat it maybe raised to clear a bead 24c on the upper edge, of the sill 8behind which the sash normally rests as in a groove. 7

The sills 8 and 9 are spaced apart to form an entrance to a pocket 25, and a door 26'is formed with projecting pins or pivots 27 in its ends intermediate its edges, adapted to engage in vertical slots 28 formed in the stops 10, the door being adapted to engage the face of the sash 15 when the said door is in its normal position covering the entrance to the pocket 25.

It will here be observed that as the pins 27 are set in from the rear edge 29 oi? the door 26, the latter becomes as it were, a lever, and because of its leverage there is no tendency of the front edge of the said door to work up and release pressure against the sash l5.

3030 indicate washers of rubber, leather or similar material centrally screwed to the steps 10 to bear against the sash 15 at its upper end to prevent rattling.

In severe weather a storm sash is added. The sash 31. is of smaller dimension than the sash 15 so that it may be secured upon the inner side oi the latter without interfering with the operation of the same. The side bars of the frame 31 are slotted as at 32, plates secured to the bars by screws 55%, facing the slots to prevent wear. Screws 35 pass through the slots 32 and through spacing sleeves 36 into the openings 37 formed in the side bars of the frame 15, the sash 31 being thus slidingly connected with the sash 15.

The sash 31 normally rests upon the upper side of the door 26 and when it desired to open the window, the storm sash 3]. is raised to the limit allowed by the slots 32, by means of the handles88 on the sash, thus permitting the door 26 to be rotated to the position indicated by the dotted lines 26 in Fig. 7 or further if desired.

A further lift upon the handles 38 operates to raise both sashes together. until the sash 15 clears the head 24 on the sill 8 when the bottoms of the sashes being brought out over the opening between the sills, the said sashes may be lowered together into the pocket 25 where they will remain safely between the guide strips 18 and 19.

The number of counterbalance weights used depends oi: course upon whether the storm sash is in use at the time or not, and the weight is of course made slightly less than the weight required to lift the sash or sashes, so that they willv remain in their normal raised or lowered positions.

The board 11 may be removed at any time to facilitate the connection of the cords with the sash 15, or for any other necessary purpose.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim 1. A window comprising a housiug. ininer and outer sills, an elongated opening between the sills. a permanent sash in the housing. normally resting upon the outer sill, a door normally closing the opening between the sills. a storm sash normally resting upon the door and slidably secured to the permanent sash to move relatively thereto to allow rotation of the door to clear the opening to permit descent of the sashes therethrough.

A. window comprising a permanent sash, a sill, an opening in the sill, a door normally engaging the sash and covering the opening in the sill, and a storm sash slidably connected with the permanent sash normally resting upon the door.

3. A window structure comprising a housing, a sill, a window opening above the sill, a pocket below the sill, an opening in the sill communicating with the pocket, a permanent sash normally in the window open ing, sheaves on stiles of the housing, a weight supporting member rossing the pocket. cords passing over the sheaves connecting the weight supporting member with the permanent sash, a door normally engaging the permanent sash and covering the opening in the sill, a storm sash slidably and reinovably connected with the permanent sashi'iormally resting upon the door, and a plurality of weights adapted for carriageby the weight supporting member in number selected to support either the permanent sash or both sashes.

L :t. window structure comprising a housing providing an upper window opening, a sash receiving pocket below, a sill. having an opening communicating with the pocket and a bead raised on the sill adjacent the forward edge of the opening, a permanent sash normally framed in the window opening in trout of the bead, sheaves upon the stil s 0'! the housing, a eounterpoise member erasing the pocket, cords passing over the sheaves connecting the permanent sash with the (-ounterpoise member a-djaeent the ends thereof. a door rotatablyconnected with the stiles ot the housing normally resting upon the bead in rontact with the permanent sash and covering the opening in the sill, a removable storm sash normally resting upon the door slidably connected with the permanent sash to permit of a relative move ment to allow rotation of the door when the sashes are to be lowered into the pocket, and guide means in the pocket preventing interference with the counterpoise when the sashes are so lowered.

In testimony whereof I aiiiit my signature; BENJAMIN TVH-IBLEY; 

